Appendix:Slovak given names

The following names are present in the 2004 Slovakcalendar. They represent only names common in Slovakia and not names from other Slavic Nations. The following etymologicalroots can be identified in the names by a modern Slovak language speaker:

blah, blaž – happiness, wealth, wellbeing

boh, bož – god, divine

bol – pain (this is most probably a misleading "folk-etymology", at least in what concerns the Boleslav name - the bole part here does not root from bol =pain, but from an old Slavic word bole meaning great or large - compare Russian bol'shoy)

bran – to defend, defender

bystr – clever, smart, swift

cti, čest – pride, honour

dan – to be given

dar – gift

dobr – good, kindness

drah – dear

duch, duš – soul, spirit

jar – spring, young, fresh

jelen – deer [not important]

kaz – to break, to destroy

kvet – flower

lad – beauty, accord

ľub – to love

ľud – people

mil – to love

mir, mír – world, peace

moj – me, mine, myself

rad – to be glad, to like

ruž – rose

slav – fame, to praise, to celebrate

stan – to become

svät – mighty, after the christanisation a word for saint was needed so now it means also holy, sacred, saint